Affordable Housing Is Focus Of April 7 Express Sessions Event At The Clubhouse In Wainscott

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The Sag Harbor Community Housing Partnership's cottages on Route 114. The group is pressing East Hampton Town to include the property in the affordable housing overlay district it has proposed for two neighboring properties.

The Sag Harbor Community Housing Partnership's cottages on Route 114. The group is pressing East Hampton Town to include the property in the affordable housing overlay district it has proposed for two neighboring properties.

authorStaff Writer on Mar 31, 2022

“Real Solutions To The Affordable Housing Crisis” is the title of the next Express Sessions live luncheon event, to be held from noon to 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, at The Clubhouse, 174 Daniel’s Hole Road, in Wainscott.

A discussion of real-world options to create more affordable housing opportunities on the South Fork will include the following panelists: Ralph Fasano, executive director, Concern for Independent Living, an organization that builds affordable housing and has a proposal on County Road 39 in Southampton; Curtis Highsmith, director, Southampton Town Housing Authority; Bob Plumb, a Sag Harbor Village trustee who is helping to lead the village’s affordable housing initiative; Southampton Town Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni; State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr., who wrote the Community Housing Fund legislation signed by Governor Kathy Hochul early this year; and East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc.

Tickets are limited and are $35 for subscribers to Express News Group publications, or $45 for non-subscribers. A two-course lunch is included. Check-in will open at 11:30 a.m.

To buy tickets, visit expresssessions0407.eventbrite.com.

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